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Tragic drowning near Rayville shocks parish crowds
On a July weekend Mrs Caroline Foster vanished from Mr L Dees residence near Lake Charles. Her body was found in Contraband Bayou after a rapid search. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of accidental drowning. The report also notes local sympathy for Mr John P Hudl, and includes literary praise for James D McCabe Jr’s national history of the Civil War. A separate item recalls Maj J M Smylie’s Riverside News tour and a fatal river accident at Bertriver involving O C Halleck and two sisters, Rachel and Mary, who drowned saving others, with heroic brother sending his life in the attempt.
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Caroline A. Foster
John
P. Hud
Diligett
Calcasien
Blackien
Dréas
Mr. Dees
Dina
St. Landry
National Pub
St Louis
James D. McCabe, Jr
McCabe
Germany
France
Sedan
Napoleon
Paris
Republic
Strasbourg
Loire
William
Gorman
Ian
C. Halleck
Dia
Rachel
Mary
Bertriver
Staffort's Ferry
Girard
Tupaday
Mount Lebanon
Baptist Female Institute